Executive Summary Cloud spend management has become an increasingly important area to understand. Introduction Cloud spend management is directing spending in a way that What is a Cloud Spend Management? The following quotation does a good job of explaining how Cloud spend management fits within the overall context of SaaS management. Cloud spend management is…
Executive Summary SaaS vendor management has become an increasingly important area to understand. Introduction SaaS vendor management is sufficiently new that it does not have an entry in Wikipedia (as of this article’s publication). What is a SaaS Vendor Management? This definition does a good job of explaining SaaS vendor management. SaaS Management is a…
Executive Summary SaaS vendor management has become an increasingly important area to understand. Introduction SaaS vendor management is sufficiently new that it does not have an entry in Wikipedia (as of this article’s publication). What is a SaaS Vendor Management? This definition does a good job of explaining SaaS vendor management. SaaS Management is a…
Executive Summary SaaS negotiation has become an increasingly important area to understand. Introduction SaaS negotiation is sufficiently new that it does not have an entry in Wikipedia (as of this article’s publication). What is a SaaS Negotiation? SaaS negotiation is just the same process of negotiation that occurred with on premises software, except adjusted for…
Executive Summary SaaS license management has become an increasingly important area to understand. Introduction SaaS license management is sufficiently new that it does not have an entry in Wikipedia (as of this article’s publication). What is a SaaS License Management? This definition does a good job of explaining how SaaS license management fits within the…
Executive Summary We put significant thought into developing our Brightwork licensing for our research. We cover the supporting logic for our license and the importance of licensing for content creators. Introduction I have companies that want to contact us seeking to license research — but they are trying to get a one-time fee for an…
Executive Summary Gartner provides specific advice on how to manage S/4HANA licenses and related topics best. We evaluate this advice for accuracy. Introduction Gartner states the following about S/4HANA software licenses in their article, How to License SAP S/4HANA Software, and their article, Minimizing S/4HANA Migration Costs by Leveraging conversion. Gartner Begins by Providing the…
Executive Summary Commercial software vendors trump up their IP, but they attempt to charge multiple times for the same IP. In this article, we cover how they both take IP from the public domain and double and triple charge customers. Introduction The original proposal around commercial licenses is the same as for patents. As presented by…
Executive Summary TechTarget produced an article with contributors of varying accuracy on S/4HANA and indirect access. We analyze the accuracy of each. Introduction In this article, we will review the accuracy of TechTarget from its article SAP S/4HANA Cloud and indirect access will dominate 2018. Something to remember is that TechTarget is not a real…
Executive Summary Indirect access has been used to drive customers to HANA. We review how this strategy works and how it has not been covered in IT media. Introduction Indirect access is generally focused on applications and the best-known application of indirect access by SAP. And if you read articles on the topic of indirect…